Combined paper cutter and stamper



(No Model.

A. BROWN.

COMBINED PAPER GUTTER AND STAMPER. No.. 341,446. Patented May 11, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT BRO\VN, OF MENDOCINO, CALIFQRNlA.

COMBINED PAPER CUTTER AND STAMPER.

I'rlZPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,446, dated May 11, 1

Applicaiion filed August 80, 1884. Serial No. 141,878. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mendocino, in the county of Mendocino and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Paper Cutter and Stamper, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a combined paper cutter and stamper; and it consists in the im proved construction and combination of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a combined paper cutter and stamper constructed in accordance with my invention, and showing the roll of paper connected thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the cutter and stamper. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. Fig. 4is a detail view of a modified form of inking-pad.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, A represents the cutter having its front side beveled, as shown, and provided on its under side with a narrow Upon the ends of the cutter, near the upper corners thereof, is pro vided an outwardly-extending headed pin or screw, 1).

B represents the frame for supporting the roll of paper. This frame is preferably con structed of wire, and consists of the sides a and ends a Extending upwardly from each end of the frame are wires b, which converge and are looped at their upper ends.

13 represents the roll carrying the paper. The ends of this block or roll are provided with openings at their ends. Seated in said openings are the ends of springs C,whicl1 pass through the loops of the wire supporting frame B, and are supported thereby. These springs are bent upwardly from their point of attachment to the cutter, and are then coiled, as shown at c, from which point they extend to the roll carrying the paper, as above mentioned. The under side of the cutter is recessed or cut away to form an enlarged opening, D, communicating with which is an elongated slot, e, upon the upper side of the cutter. Secured to the upper side of this metal plate is a bracket, which in form is substantially the shape of an inverted U, the only difference being that its upper end is flattened.

The plate E and bracket Fare each provided with registering holes or openings f. Vorkingin said holes or openings of the said plate and bracket are two rods, g, connected at their upper ends by a cross piece or strip, h.

G represents coil-sp rings, which are mounted on said rods between the plate E and the under side of the bracket F. It will be seen that when said bars are depressed by means of the cross piece or strip connecting them at their upper ends the tendency of the coil-springs will be to force them upward. The ends of these rods extend through the slot or opening in the cutter, and mounted on theirlower ends is a block or strip, '5, carryingthe stamp. This block or strip may be constructed of metal; or, if desired,.it may be constructed of wood or other suitable material and have a rubber stamp secured thereto. The sides of the enlarged hole or opening are cut away to form a dovetailed recess near one end, (the end occupied by the staniper when in its normal position, as shown in Fig. 1.) Fitting said (love tailed recess is an inking-pad, which consists of a strip of wood which is adapted to entirely close one end of the enlarged opening, said strip carrying the pad on its upper side. The pad is let into the strip, so that it will be flush therewith.

In Fig. at I have shown anotherform of pad, which consists of a shallow pan having a strip, 1), secured to its under side, said strip being somewhat larger than the pan itself, and is adapted to be secured to the cutter by screws or other suitable means.

It will be seen that to ink the stamp it is only necessary to depress the same so that it will come in contact with the pad.

At the opposite end of the cutter from that occupied by the inking-pad there is provided a chamber, j, which communicates with the enlarged opening, and extends nearly the entire length of the cutter from the end of said opening. In this opening is mounted a spiral spring, k. Fitting in said chamber is a pusher, 7a, which bears against the said coil-spring. The forward end of said presser or shaft is provided with a cross piece or block, which bears against the strip carrying the stamp, and holds said stamp at the opposite end of the enlarged opening directly over the inking-pad.

WVhen it is desired to stamp the paper, the bracket to which the inking-pad is connected is moved to the opposite end of the elongated slot, thus withdrawing the stamp from the pad, and at the same time pushin g the pressershaft into the chamberj. As soon as the stamp has cleared the inking-pad it may be depressed to mark the paper.

. Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the cutterhaving an enlarged opening on its under side and a slot communicating therewith, as described,of a bracket secured to a plate, said bracket and plate having holes or openings, rods or shafts mounted in the openings of said bracket and plate, and coil -springs mounted on said rods or shafts between the bracket and plate, said shafts carrying a stamp at their lower ends and connected at their upper ends, substantially as set forth.

2. The cornbination,with the cutter having an enlarged opening on its under side and having a slot communicating with said opening, of a sliding stamp held normally in position at one end of the opening by aspring-act uated pusher, and carrying a plate to close slot 6, and the pad located below the stamp, said pusher, pad, and plate closing the space in which the stamp is located, and preventing the access of dust thereto, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT BROXVN.

V i t nesses:

O. \V. Ev'ERsoN, G. OANNING SMrrn. 

